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Read Write Think: Guernica Classroom Activity
An activity for students about Picasso's "Guernica" on the anniversary of the Spanish town's bombing in 1937. Includes a bibliography, web links, and lesson plans. From ReadWriteThink's calendar on April 26, 2007.
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Read Write Think: Adjectives and Character Traits
Interactive lesson plan which allows for elementary young scholars to learn the "Part of speech," concepts of adjectives as well as effective characterization techniques. Uses the story of Charlotte's Web.
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Read Write Think: Robert Johnson Classroom Activity
This classroom activity is intended as a celebration and commemoration of blues legend Robert Johnson's birthday. From ReadWriteThink's calendar on May 8, 2007.
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Read Write Think: Ralph Waldo Emerson Activity
A lesson/activity for students in honor of the American poet and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson. From ReadWriteThink's calendar from May 25, 2007. Provides web links, a bibliography, and lesson plans.
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Read Write Think: June 8, 2007: Commercial Ice Cream Is First Sold in the u.s. In
A great lesson for students to explore commercial advertising using Cass-Clay Museum Ads and ice cream. Great resource for teachers to get lesson plans about advertising.
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Read Write Think: Malcolm X Classroom Activity
An interesting mini-lesson based on the name of Malcolm X in commemoration of his May 19 birthday. Includes web links, lesson plans, and a bibliography. From ReadWriteThink's calendar on May 19, 2007.
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Read Write Think: Charles Lindbergh Classroom Activity
A classroom activity/lesson about the life and contribution of transatlantic flight hero Charles Lindbergh. Includes lesson plans, web links and a bibliography; from ReadWriteThink's calendar on May 20, 2007.
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Read Write Think: The Great Gatsby Classroom Activity
A classroom activity/lesson plan for students who have completed reading Fitzgerald's classic novel. Provides discussion questions, lesson plans, web links, and a bibliography. From April 10, 2007.
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Read Write Think: May Is "Get Caught Reading" Month!
This site offers two ideas for lessons/activities for students during "Get Caught Reading" month. It was taken from ReadWriteThink's calendar on May 1, 2007, and includes activities, web links, and a bibliography.
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Read Write Think: Alice Walker Activity
A classroom activity designed around the author Alice Walker and her novel "The Color Purple." Includes questions, discussion techniques, web links, and a bibliography.
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Read Write Think: Randolph Caldecott Classroom Activity
A teacher resource for getting students to understand and appreciate the contribution of Randolph Caldecott in recognition of his birthday. Allows students to be creative and contains lesson plans, web links, and a bibliography. From...
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Read Write Think: David Macaulay Classroom Activity
As part of a unit on David Macaulay and his children's literature, this classroom activity provides a brief classroom project and includes lesson plan ideas, web links, and additional texts.
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Read Write Think: Avi Classroom Activity
As part of a unit on Avi and his works, this classroom activity provides a brief classroom project and includes lesson plan ideas, web links, and additional texts.
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Read Write Think: Coretta Scott King Classroom Activity
An activity/lesson for students which allows them to read literature from past and present Coretta Scott King Book Award winners. Includes several alternatives, as well as web links and a bibliography. From ReadWriteThink's calendar on...
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Read Write Think: Scott O'dell Classroom Activity
A brief activity/lesson for students commemorating the life and works of Scott O'Dell, Newbery Medal Award winner. Provides links, a bibliography, and lesson plans. From ReadWriteThink's calendar on May 23, 2007.
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Read Write Think: Walt Whitman Classroom Activity
A lesson plan/activity designed for students to see and appreciate the work of a great poet on the birthday of Walt Whitman. Provides web links and a bibliography, as well as other lesson plans. From May 31, 2007.
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Read Write Think: Jonathan Swift Classroom Activity
As part of a unit on Jonathan Swift and his writings, this classroom activity provides a brief classroom project and includes lesson plan ideas, web links, and additional texts.
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Read Write Think: Benjamin Franklin's Birthday
As part of a unit on Benjamin Franklin and his works, this classroom activity provides a brief classroom project and includes lesson plan ideas, web links, and additional texts.
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Read Write Think: Seamus Heaney Activity
A brief activity/lesson plan in honor of the birthday of Seamus Heaney, the British poet. Also provides additional lesson plans, web links, and a bibliography for additional student or teacher reading. From April 13, 2007.
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Read Write Think: Book Reviews, Annotation, and Web Technology
Contains plans for six lessons that ask middle schoolers to write group book reviews after reading texts in literature circles. Students also learn about research and documentation as they put together their reports. In addition to...
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Read Write Think: Myth and Truth Independence Day
Contains plans for three lessons that explore the fact and fiction surrounding the Declaration of Independence and Independence Day. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to resources used in the...
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Read Write Think: Contemporary Proverbs
Interesting lesson plan that allows students to "update" traditional ancient proverbs to enhance their own understanding. Students also create original proverbs after reading.
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Read Write Think: Graffiti Wall: Discussing and Responding to Literature
New ways of thinking about text, collaboration with group members, and presentation skills are all developed with this lesson which could be applied to almost any novel read in class. Includes student handouts, an online interactive, and...
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Read Write Think: Circular Plot: Prediction Strategies in Reading and Writing
Contains plans for two lessons about circular stories like those of Laura Joffe Numeroff, who is known for the book "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie." Learners read stories with circular plots as models before composing their own. In...